Dish-washer.



J'. E. WALTER. `DISH WASHER. A'PPLIjoATIoN FILED AUG. 7,19os.

Ptentd July 13,-:1909.

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JOHN E, WALTER, OF COLLINWOOD, OHIO.

DISH-WASHER.

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Application filed August 7, 1908.v Serial No. 1147,42.

` To' all whom it may concern:

vBe it knownthatl, J onN ELWALTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Collinwood, in the county of Cuyahoga and State, of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Disll-ll'vasliers, of which the following is a s ecili'cation.'

This invention re ates to dish washing-machines and refers especially to one which autom atically cleanses the dishes placed in the saine.

An object of this invention is to cleanse Vthe dishes and at the same time to sterilize the same.

The invention has another object the pro; vision of a. device wherein the dishes'may be held.4 andl dried after thefwashing. j l

The invention further designs a device of this character which is constructed on sanitary principles insomuch that no brushes or the like areV employed which are liable to collect foreign substances from the water andl dishes with which .they are engaged', the water which used to cleanse'the dishes is innnediately carried oil'fthrough adrain and is notutilized a second time is the case in the majority of devices of this nature.

A still further' ohjectof this invention is the provision of a dishwasher which may be adjusted to conform to the sizes of the different types of dishes placed therein.

Other objects and advantages will he ap parent from the following description and it will be understood that changes in the specific structure shown and described may he made within the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings forming a. portion of this speci'lication, and/in which 'like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure] is a front elevation of the device, Fig. 2 a top plan of the same, Fig. 3 is a. longitudinal vertical section of the device, F 4 is a transverse scctionof the` same. l

l'tefcrring now to the drawings, 10 denotes a frame which is of rectangular formation and is provided with a drip pan 1 1 which is of funnel shape and is provided with a drain pipo 12 at,its central portion which extends (.lownwardly and carries oil' the water from the pan 11. The frame 10 is provided with two sides 13 and 14- which extend upwardly and support a suitable cover 15 disposed across the same. The-pan-fisigpiuiyidcd with two parallel longitudil'ially disposed.

' thereof upon the cleats 25 and 26.

rods 16 upon which 'are'.adapted-to rest-the dishes `an the like inthe device. A water. feed pipe 17 is positioned centrally lin the drain pipe 12, the Water feed pipe 17 bein considerably smaller than the. p1 e 12, an

extending upwardly through the rip pan 11 to a posltion directly beneath the .rods 1'6 Where a rose sprinkler 18 is-emplo ed for the even distributlon -of the Water. he supply pipe 17 is provided witha lateral extension 19 which extends beyond the side 14 where it is curved upwardly and passed over the cover l5 to the central portion thereof where it is extended through the cover 15 and supports a rose spray nozzle 20 thereon.

The plate 23 is lprovided 'near its upper edge with inward y Vextending sleeves 22 through which is slidably engaged arod 28 secured at one extremity to the plate 24 and connected toa hand lever 27 at 1 ts outer extremity. The plate 24 is provided with two of these rods 28 which extend through the sleeves 22 and engage a cross arm disposed, upon the lever 27. The plate 23 is provided near its lower edge with lnwardly extending sleeves 21 which are provided with outwardly extended arms 29- for lengage-ment with the lower extremity of the lever 27, the lever 27 being intermediately pivoted upon an extension to theside 13, for the purpose of reci )rocating the side 1'3 upon the actuation o the lever 27. The opposite plate 24 is provided with centrally-extended rods 30 which engage in the sleeves 21 for the purpose of maintainingr the plates 23 and 24' in a vertical position when the same are actuated. The plates 23 'and 24 are provided upon their inner opposite.faces with cleats 25 and 26 which are positioned toward the lower edges thereof for the purpose of receiving theedgesv of the dishes to be cleansed. The connections of the outer extremities of the rods 28 and arms 29 to the hand lever27 are of necessity loose to allow for the-rotation of the lever 27 as thel same is actuated.

The operation of the device is as follows: The lever 27 is actuated to draw upon the rod 28 which slides the supporting plate 24 centrally ofthe device pushing thel rod 29 and causing the supporting plate 28 to be moved centrally likewise. rl'he device is thus adjusted to thcsizeof the plate to he washed which is now inserted between the support ing plates 23 and 24 engaging the edges The wa-` ter is now turned on and is fed upwardly through the pipe 17 and branch 19 'WhereV it jis-'sprayed rem the rose ysprinkler` 18- and ray nozzle 2O against the-oppositesides of ef plate ositioned in device.

'supportinglplates 23' andj'24. If it i's vdesired the plate may-be left inlposition'until the sametis-'dried tbus'emp'loying the device-as a drying rack. I What is claimed is l ,11A device-ofthe class described comprising a body "portion, ac ljustabl'esupporting .plates monted in said body portion :and

means for s ray'ing the Water upon'the `opposite sides o a plate positioned upon saidsupr' portingvv lates.

'A device of the 'class described comprisingfa body portion, supporting plates slidably disposed in said body portion, a' lever carried b l said body portion for actuating said f p ates, a feed pipe Ipositioned inthe bottom The plate after eingivashedi's Withdrawn fromthe-rear end orf'the'device and gives place toa secondy 'plate' which is inserted between 'the flaring-ends Aof the sides '13. and 14 and the( 3.-,A dish-Washer- 'aving means forl .ad-27 of said device,- a branch 'p`pecarried'bysaid "feedipipe and extended to the-upper por ion .'ofsalddevice, nozzles disposed upon the' X- tremitiesr'of said-pipes, va drip paidisposed at l the .loiver'jend of 'said bodyortion and a 'drain'plpe disposed about sa" feedlpipe `and. connected to said dri pan.

justably engaging-dishes placed thereinfand--. means for feeding Water against the opposite sides ofthe dish su ported'in said device. z

4. In a' device olP lupon' the-side of said bod `portion and of means for connecting said ever .to said sup- .portingplates for reciprocating the same.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence-of two Witnesses.,;, v j JOHN E. WALTER.v

Witnesses; J. D..DobGE,

D. R. KING.

35" the character described thecombination with aV body portion, of adjuststbley supportingfplates@ mounted, in 'said body portion, a lever pivotally supported 

